9 May 2017

Holiday in Finland

I finally had time
to sort out my holiday photos and select a few to show you from my
recent family visit to Finland. I didn’t do much else than to see
my family, and the holiday as a whole was very relaxing with only a
few schedules.

Already from the
plane I could see how different England and Finland looked from the
air at this time of the year. England was already all green and crops
growing on the fields, whilst Finland was quite grey and had brown
unsown ground. In the spring the difference is quite noticeable, as
Finland's spring is starting so much later.

The weather kept
changing a lot while I was there. It was snowing on several days, so
that the ground was actually white. It was quite chilly for late
April and early May, but sometimes the weather is like that over
there around this time of the year. I found it great, as I so rarely
get to visit my home in the winter, and find snow fascinating
(especially these days when I rarely get to see it). I wish my
partner would have been with me this time to experience the exotic
late spring snow. However it was not all gloomy winter weather, we
had a couple of nice and warm days as well.

I ate quite a lot
during the holiday, but have no food photos to show. I guess I was
too busy eating rather than taking photos. I experimented with the
new Finnish protein products again, like the pulled oats, fryable
cottage cheese and broad bean protein. My mum and I cooked quite a
few meals with those, but I think that the best were probably the
broad bean protein burgers with root vegetable bread. They also made
nice travel food for me. Another interesting item was this beetroot
pasta. I already posted the same “maggot” looking pasta as the
carrot version during a previous visit, and I had to buy these too.
They were tasty and actually had a hint of beetroot flavour in them.
We had them with pulled oats in a tomato sauce.

So here are some
photos from my trip with the ever changing weather conditions in the
Finnish countryside. I hope you enjoy.

Who is The VegHog?

A vegetarian hobby cook and urban gardener born in Finland, currently living in Denmark. I try to develop my cooking skills by making a wide variety of veggie dishes, some of them traditional and some new creations. My favourites include veggie burgers, squashes, organic and local produce, cider, spelt, rye, pizzas, pasta dishes, risottos and sea-buckthorn.
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